| MDMAniac said: Wanna proof? New model of PS3, `the Slim`, now supports another snobby and expensive gimmicks, namely Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. Before fanboys popping up and crying out of loud how wonderfull these features are, consider the point: Not only it requires very expensive equipment in your room, which 99.9% of installbase don't have, also if it were not for these sunshine techs, PS3 Slim might cost another 20$ or even 30$ less. I bet everyone would be more than happy to trade-off trendy logos from front panel for cheaper console. The inclusion of various hi-tech gimicks into PS3 road map totally unneccessary for fun & healthy gaming is exactly the reason why PS3 costs an arm and a leg, and why it's eventually falling. Such `hi-tech` approach infected Sony beyond any measure. For example one could see the same pattern even in their game line-up, where everything seems to spin about top notch video/audio effects and totally overshooting that. Take KZ2, bleak and generic FPS promoted as `gaming icon`, and you know what I mean. |
Ok, can I know where did you take the "$20 or even $30 less" numbers from? Because while the "phat" models converted Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD to an uncompressed PCM stream in software, the slim one can bitstream it directly to your mixer.
There's no improved sound quality, mind you, because the PCM stream contained all the uncompressed digital data, so it's hardly something Sony had to add because they have a tech fever.
It's just that the newer HDMI chips have this feature for free. And seriously, the chip probably costs a couple bucks.
